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Tender conditions on turnover and past experience routinely exclude new companies regardless of capability.
Public procurement is one of the largest markets in the country, and it is closed by default to new entrants.
Advocate for proportionate qualification criteria, and publish analysis of how many bidders each large tender actually attracted.
Research using published tender data, highlighting tenders with very few bidders as a competition indicator.
Risk
Lowering qualification criteria can increase delivery failure.
Mitigation
Advocate proportionality, not removal. Pair with performance security requirements.